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 In about two weeks will be Christmas.

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 Do you have any tradition during this festive season?

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 Are you looking forward to have some time off?

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 Or are you one of those that have to work through the holiday

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 and only have a few red days for a break?

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 Another father of my kids, who is an Italian,

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 he told me that his German father-in-law

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 would often visit them during Christmas.

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 They did not get on very well

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 because he feels that his father-in-law is too strict.

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 Everything needs to be right and exact,

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 needs to be on the dock, so to speak.

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 So to make his Christmas family gathering

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 more bearable and entertaining,

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 my friend would deliberately adjust all the clocks in his house

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 to be out by one or two minutes

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 and observe the reaction and expression of his father-in-law.

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 My friend said his father-in-law would want to do something

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 to adjust all the clocks back to the exact time,

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 but since it's not his house,

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 he cannot do so without asking him for permission.

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 But being a German father-in-law,

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 he's not willing to ask an Italian for his permission.

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 So he just spent the whole time being disturbed.

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 When you wanted things to go your way,

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 when you wanted to take control,

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 but the environment does not allow you to do so,

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 it must be a very painful experience.

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 What if you are allowed to take control?

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 What if you have the full reign?

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 What would you do with it?

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 What would you do to make sure you would not lose that control again?

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 Today we will reflect on King Herod,

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 a man who also wants everything to go according to how he wants them,

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 and consider having control as the most important thing.

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 Today we will see Christmas through his eyes,

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 and as we prepare for the lead-up to Christmas Day,

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 we will also take some time to see Christmas through the eyes of the angels,

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 of Mary, and of Jesus' fathers.

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 As we reflect on King Herod today,

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 let us answer three questions.

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 Who is Herod?

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 Who is this newborn king?

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 And who is your king?

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 Let us pray.

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 Father, thank you for Jesus.

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 Thank you for breaking into our world a little bit more than 2,000 years ago,

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 and provide us with a way to be reunited with you.

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 As we reflect on the meaning of Christmas through King Herod today

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 and other characters in the coming weeks,

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 please help us to also reflect on the true meaning of Christmas to ourselves

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 and what you have done for us.

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 Amen.

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 So who is King Herod?

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 The birth of Christ, Christmas, was predicted in the Old Testament

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 and recorded in Matthew and Luke in the New Testament.

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 The record in Matthew was read out for us just now.

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 So let's turn to it again in Matthew 2.

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 It's saying in Matthew 2, verse 1 to 2,

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 Jesus was born during the time of King Herod.

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 You will encounter three different Herod.

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 They are all related,

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 and today we are talking about Herod the Great,

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 the very first Herod who made it to be a king

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 and passed on the position to the other Herod

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 that you will read in the New Testament.

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 The Bible has not given us much detail

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 about the background about this Herod,

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 but we can rely on historians

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 and from the time and also archaeology

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 to know more about him.

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 Historians told us that Herod the Great

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 was born an Edomite,

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 followed the lines of Isaac,

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 Isaac's oldest son, Esau.

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 In Genesis, the first book of Old Testament,

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 we were told that Isaac is the son of Abraham,

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 and he has two sons, Esau and Jacob.

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 So those who follow the line of Esau

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 are Edomite because they live around Edom.

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 And those who follow the line of Jacob are the Jews,

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 which live in the land of Judea and Jerusalem.

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 Herod shared the same ancestors with the Jews,

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 going back to Abraham and Isaac,

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 but he is not a Jew.

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 He is a descendant of Esau and Edomite.

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 He obtained his position as the king of the Jews,

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 his relatives,

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 not by birth,

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 but through careful political maneuvers,

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 risking his life at every step

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 in his dealing with the Romans.

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 Despite the fact that he was appointed king by the Romans

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 and was bound to carry out the will of Rome,

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 Herod wants to set up something great

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 and pass on his achievements and inheritance to his children.

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 He wants an empire that will last a long time.

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 However, at the same time,

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 he wants only to pass on his empire

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 at the time that he feels,

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 that is,

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 feeding his schedule and his plan.

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 So he murdered whoever might challenge his place on the throne,

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 including his wife

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 and several of his sons and other relatives.

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 Reflecting on Herod,

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 wanting to control the destiny of his own life,

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 I thought about someone that was in China

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 around 247 BC.

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 He became the emperor of the Qing dynasty.

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 His title was Qin Qi Wang.

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 Qin is the name of the dynasty.

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 Qi is the very first of the founder.

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 Wang means emperor.

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 So Qin Qi Wang means the very first emperor of China.

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 He was called by that title

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 because he was the very first emperor of a unified China.

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 All the dynasty that come after him

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 inherited unified China

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 and able to expand China

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 based on what Qin Qi Wang has done.

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 He did a lot of things

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 that we still talk about today,

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 such as connecting all the sessions

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 of the defensive war around the 200 BC,

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 which become the Great War of China.

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 And 2,200 years later,

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 we still talk about it

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 and the Great War is still standing

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 as one of the wonders of the world.

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 He was on a quest to find medicine

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 that can grant him eternal life.

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 But after all the attempts at Pharaoh,

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 he had a few big tombs dug out

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 and filled them with clay or terracotta warriors,

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 horses and chariots,

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 in order that they would give him the protection

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 and extend his reign after death.

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 Something that both Herod and Qin Qi Wang

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 had in common

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 are the great building projects.

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 Qin Qi Wang connected the Great War

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 and built tombs.

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 Herod was known to have built

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 the port of Caesarea,

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 restored the temple in Jerusalem,

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 and built many theaters, cities,

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 palaces, and fortresses.

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 They both done so much

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 to set up for themselves a legacy

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 that they hoped will last for a long time.

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 They both want to be in control.

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 But as you and me both know,

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 things in life never go according to plan.

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 Have you ever planned to achieve

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 some great things,

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 make accurate effort,

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 with huge sacrifice to get there,

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 and have the pin pulled from under you?

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 You walk carefully,

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 like treading on thin ice,

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 and someone jumped in

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 and cracked everything.

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 The question posed by the Magi in verse 2,

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 where is the one who has been born

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 king of the Jews,

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 was such a stern reminder to Herod

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 that despite all that he has done,

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 all that he is doing,

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 despite all that he has achieved,

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 he is not really the king of the Jews.

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 He is not even born a Jew.

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 He is the half-blooded king,

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 if I may steal the title

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 from a Harry Potter fan.

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 So 1st Street told us that

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 when King Herod heard this,

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 he was disturbed,

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 and all Jerusalem with him.

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 This could be one of the understatements

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 in the Bible.

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 It's like saying Jesus was hungry

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 after fast for 40 days and 40 nights.

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 If you put yourself in Herod's shoes,

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 disturbed seems to be not very accurate

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 or sufficient to describe how I would feel

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 responding to that news.

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 A new king that is not under my control has born,

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 and has a right to be the king of the empire

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 that I am building by birth.

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 And he has that right by birth.

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 Being disturbed is such an understatement.

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 And I believe all Jerusalem was disturbed too

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 because they know what kind of person Herod is,

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 what he will do to eliminate any threat to his thong.

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 Herod was disturbed about the news of someone

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 who may threaten his thong,

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 and he may also be disturbed

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 because he doesn't know where he is born.

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 So in verse 4 to 5,

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 he called together all the people's chief priests

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 and teachers of the law

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 to find out where the Messiah was to be born.

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 It's interesting that Herod seems to know

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 of the coming of the Messiah,

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 who is the rightful king of the Jews,

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 but he had done everything

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 as if this Messiah would never come,

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 that he can keep controlling

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 as a half-blooded king,

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 a pretender to the thong.

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 When they worked out

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 where about the newborn king should be,

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 in verse 7 to 8, it read,

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 Herod called the Magi secretly

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 and found out from them

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 the exact time the stars have appeared.

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 He sent them to Bethlehem and said,

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 Go and search carefully for the child.

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 As soon as you find him,

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 report to me,

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 so I too may go and worship him.

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 With what we just found out about Herod,

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 it's so obvious that he's not going to go

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 and worship the child Jesus.

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 If you are Herod,

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 what do you think are the justifiable actions

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 to take towards this newborn king of the Jews?

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 This new threat to what you want to establish

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 for yourself and your family?

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 How far would you go

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 to protect what you have worked hard to set up

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 before your life?

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 Verse 16 told us that

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 when Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi,

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 he was furious

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 and he gave order to kill all the boys in Bethlehem

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 and his vicinity

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 who were two years old and under,

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 according to the time he had learned from the Magi.

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 Herod killed all the boys in Bethlehem

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 and his vicinity

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 who were two years old and under

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 to protect his control

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 and lordship of the empire he is building.

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 To him,

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 there is a justifiable action to take.

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 He had dealt with any threat to his throne

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 in the same way all along,

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 even to kill his wife and murder his sons.

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 He wanted to hold on to whatever control he can exercise

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 to ensure his plans of building his empire.

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 Succeeds.

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 In Chen Qi Wong,

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 quest to ensure his dynasty and Jews forever

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 and to decide who remind his sons

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 are more suitable to carry on his legacy.

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 He let his sons fight each other.

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 In his quest for eternal life,

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 he become very suspicious

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 and his heart-like control of his dynasty

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 drew many opposition.

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 In response to Chen Qi Wong,

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 he burned all the books and literature

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 that is not in line with the policy

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 that he wants to enforce

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 and murder any scholar

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 that dare to speak up against him

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 by burying them alive

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 to drown them out.

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 The forced labor he put in place

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 to connect up the Great Wall

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 caused many men to be separated from their family.

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 Husbands are taken away from their wife.

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 Children become fatherless.

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 One of the famous Chinese folk stories says that

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 a wife so desperate to find her husband,

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 she searched along the Great Wall every day

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 and weeping and crying,

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 and her cry cracked the wall.

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 We read today

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 the weeping and great mourning

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 that was predicted,

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 mentioned in verse 18,

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 of those who had lost their children

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 in Bethlehem and its vicinity

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 is not the greatest concern of Herod.

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 They were just one of his necessary casualties.

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 Have you met someone

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 or known of anyone like Herod?

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 Someone who is so determined

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 to achieve what they have set up to do

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 or to protect their ownership

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 of things that they want to hold on to.

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 They are willing to sacrifice others to get there.

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 Verse 19 told us that

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 are universal threats

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 that everyone needs to face.

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 No matter how hard you try,

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 no matter how powerful you become,

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 Chen Chi Wang tried and failed.

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 Same goes to Herod and all of us.

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 They say Herod died.

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 We all have to face the fact

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 that we will be dead one day.

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 Herod died searching

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 for the newborn king

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 for the wrong reason.

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 He wants to find him to kill him.

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 You can live life,

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 you can live life like a king

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 in your life now,

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 but without meeting a true king,

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 you will only die disturbed

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 and searching like Herod.

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 Herod questioned the people's chief priests

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 and teachers of the law

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 so that he knows of the Messiah,

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 but he did not really know who he is

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 and where to find him.

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 When he found out where to find him,

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 when the opportunity presented for him

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 to meet the Messiah,

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 he was too busy building his empire.

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 He rejected and ignored the chance

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 for him to meet the one

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 that can give him eternal life,

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 the one that can ensure his achievement

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 that really lasts to eternity.

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 Instead of taking up the opportunity

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 to meet the real king of his life,

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 he killed off the only chance

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 he could have to meet the Messiah.

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 So who is this newborn king?

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 Who is this Messiah?

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 Let's now look at this second question,

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 who is this newborn king,

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 by going back to verse 5.

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 Verse 5 told us that the Messiah

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 was to be born in Bethlehem in Judea.

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 And for this is what the prophet was written.

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 If we read on in verse 6,

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 But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,

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 are by no means least among the rulers of Judah.

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 For all of you will become a ruler

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 who will shepherd my people Israel.

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 Messiah is a special Hebrew term in the Bible.

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 In Greek, it is Christ.

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 Both means the anointed one, the king.

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 Judea or the land of Judah is today

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 what we call Palestine.

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 And Bethlehem, this city,

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 the name of that city actually means house of bread.

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 So this is where the bread of life,

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 referred to in John 6, 48, come to earth.

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 From this city to town,

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 a ruler will come to shepherd God's people.

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 If you turn back with me to Matthew chapter 1,

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 in verse 1 to 18,

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 it says,

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 this is how the birth of Christ,

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 Jesus, the Messiah, come about.

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 Jesus is the Messiah,

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 a ruler who shepherds God's people.

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 So what do you think of when you hear the term ruler?

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 Do you think of someone high above you,

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 very distant,

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 a privilege with absolute power,

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 something like Queen Elizabeth of England,

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 or Donald Trump,

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 or President Kim of the North Korea?

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 Jesus is not that kind of ruler.

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 Reading on in Matthew 1,

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 verse 20 to 21,

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 when an angel appeared to Joseph

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 to encourage him about the son he is going to have,

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 he said,

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 Joseph, son of David,

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 you are to give him the name Jesus

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 because he will save his people from their sins.

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 When Jesus was born,

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 the Old Testament had already been translated

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 from Hebrew to Greek,

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 and Greek is a common language at the time.

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 Theologian Warren Wisby said that

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 the name Jesus means Savior

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 and comes from the Hebrew's name Joshua,

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 which also means Savior saves.

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 Another theologian, Michael Horton, said,

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 although the origin of the name Jesus

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 is not very certain,

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 the consensus is that

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 it derives from the root to save.

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 Jesus' name is descriptive

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 of his relationship to his people

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 in faithfulness and mercy.

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 His mission is already embedded

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 in his personal identity.

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 Jesus is the Messiah,

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 the king who will save his people

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 from their sins.

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 Jesus is a king

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 that was not born

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 into a life of privilege

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 or political power.

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 When he was born,

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 his own race

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 was under the authority of Rome.

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 His birthplace

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 was a place of occupied land

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 governed by Herod,

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 a pretender

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 half-blooded king.

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 And in verse 22-23,

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 all this took place

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 to fulfill what the Lord

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 had said

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 through the prophet.

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 The virgin will conceive

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 and give birth to a son

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 and they will call him Emmanuel,

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 which means

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 God with us.

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 So Jesus is God with us

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 to save us.

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 Have you ever looked at Jesus

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 from that perspective?

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 Jesus is God

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 and he comes

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 to be with us

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 to save us.

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 Who is Jesus to you?

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 Reading on from Matthew 2,

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 verse 13,

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 When they, the Magi,

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 have gone,

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 an angel of the Lord

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 appealed to Joseph

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 in a dream.

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 Get up, he said.

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 Take the child

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 and his mother

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 and escape to Egypt.

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 Stay there

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 until I tell you,

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 for Herod is going

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 to search for the child

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 to kill him.

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 So he got up,

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 took the child

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 and his mother

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 during the night

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 and left for Egypt,

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 where he stayed

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 until the death of Herod.

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 And so was fulfilled

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 with the Lord,

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 what the Lord

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 has said

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 through the prophet,

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 Out of Egypt

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 I call my son.

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 Jesus is about

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 to save us

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 because,

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 sorry,

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 Jesus is able

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 to save us

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 because he is

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 100% human,

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 born of Mary,

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 and he is also

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 100% God.

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 He is God

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 the Son.

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 It's not just

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 another character

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 of a story

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 that was told

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 once upon a time.

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 Because Jesus

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 is truly human

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 and truly God,

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 he can save us

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 from our sins

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 by being our substitution

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 to pay the penalty

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 of our sins.

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 He knows

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 what it means

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 to be displaced

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 because he had

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 to spend his childhood

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 in a foreign country

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 with his family

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 to preserve his life

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 for the right moment

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 to fulfill

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 the ultimate substitution

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 on the cross.

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 He breaks through

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 all stereotypes

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 of what we think

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 a king is.

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 He breaches

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 the gap

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 of all cultures

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 to bring salvation

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 to everyone.

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 Jesus was born

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 king of the Jews

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 who lived in a life

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 in a time

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 under cultural influence

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 of the Greek

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 and the political influence

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 of Romans

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 and spent his childhood

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 in Egypt.

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 Is this the Jesus

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 that you know?

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 And in verse 19 to 23,

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 when those who were trying

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 to take the child's life

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 are dead,

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 his whole family

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 withdrew to the district

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 of Galilee

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 and he went and lived

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 in a town called Nazareth.

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 So it was fulfilled

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 what was said

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 through the prophet

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 that he would be called

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 an Assyrian.

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 Jesus' life

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 from birth to death

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 was predicted

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 by himself

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 through the prophet.

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 Every step of Jesus' life

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 was lived out

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 as fulfillment

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 to what he said

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 in the Old Testament.

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 In the first two chapters

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 of Matthew,

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 we have only looked

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 at the first few years

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 of Jesus' life.

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 The faith

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 fulfilled what the Lord

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 has said

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 through the prophet

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 already appeared

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 about six times.

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 The Old Testament

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 of the Bible

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 is God's redemptive plan

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 being told

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 and the New Testament

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 is a fulfillment

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 of that plan

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 through the life,

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 death,

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 and resurrection

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 of Jesus.

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 The birth of Christ,

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 Christmas,

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 is the beginning

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 of the unfolding

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 of God's grace-saving act

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 of mercy towards us.

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 Jesus is not

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 a king that born

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 and grew up

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 in a palace

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 with privilege

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 that does not know

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 his people.

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 Jesus was born

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 and grew up

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 in a humbly circumstance

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 in an occupied land

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 as an exile.

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 The newborn king

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 is Jesus,

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 the Messiah,

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 the one who saved us

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 from our sins

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 because he is

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 the only one

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 that had lived

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 a perfect obedience

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 life according

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 to every letters

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 of God's word.

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 No human

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 is able to do so

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 because we do not

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 have the nature

00:23:30.880 --> 00:23:31.500
 of God.

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 The Son of God,

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 Jesus,

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 who is God,

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 the Son,

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 had died

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 and resurrected

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 to make way

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 for us

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 to be united

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 with God.

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 Is that the Jesus

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 that you know?

00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:47.399
 Have you been

00:23:47.399 --> 00:23:48.119
 seeing Jesus

00:23:48.119 --> 00:23:49.399
 from that perspective?

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 Do you honor Jesus

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 as a king

00:23:52.559 --> 00:23:53.480
 as he deserves

00:23:53.480 --> 00:23:54.159
 to be honored?

00:23:55.720 --> 00:23:56.579
 Have you let Jesus

00:23:56.579 --> 00:23:57.299
 take control

00:23:57.299 --> 00:23:58.019
 of your life

00:23:58.019 --> 00:23:58.679
 as a king

00:23:58.679 --> 00:23:59.579
 that he should?

00:24:02.339 --> 00:24:03.539
 We have looked at

00:24:03.539 --> 00:24:04.659
 who Herod is

00:24:04.659 --> 00:24:06.459
 and who is

00:24:06.459 --> 00:24:07.439
 this newborn king.

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 Now let's look

00:24:08.759 --> 00:24:09.779
 at the last question

00:24:09.779 --> 00:24:10.559
 that I want us

00:24:10.559 --> 00:24:11.559
 to reflect on today.

00:24:12.279 --> 00:24:13.599
 Who is your king?

00:24:13.839 --> 00:24:16.759
 With Christmas

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 just only a couple

00:24:17.839 --> 00:24:18.619
 of weeks away,

00:24:19.579 --> 00:24:20.459
 what has been

00:24:20.459 --> 00:24:21.279
 occupying you

00:24:21.279 --> 00:24:21.980
 and your mind?

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 Is it about

00:24:24.220 --> 00:24:25.220
 how many days

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 you will have

00:24:25.919 --> 00:24:26.539
 for holiday?

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 What you can do

00:24:28.099 --> 00:24:29.039
 and where you can go?

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 Is it about

00:24:30.919 --> 00:24:31.759
 how you are going

00:24:31.759 --> 00:24:33.119
 to fit all the gatherings

00:24:33.119 --> 00:24:34.419
 of works and families

00:24:34.419 --> 00:24:35.559
 in between those days?

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 Is it about

00:24:38.519 --> 00:24:39.919
 how to make

00:24:39.919 --> 00:24:40.599
 those gatherings

00:24:40.599 --> 00:24:41.379
 more bearable

00:24:41.379 --> 00:24:42.199
 like my friend

00:24:42.199 --> 00:24:42.980
 did to his German

00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:43.880
 family-in-law?

00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:46.380
 Is it about

00:24:46.380 --> 00:24:47.259
 what kind of gifts

00:24:47.259 --> 00:24:48.160
 you should get

00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:48.880
 for your friends

00:24:48.880 --> 00:24:50.140
 or what kind of gifts

00:24:50.140 --> 00:24:51.120
 you are hoping to get?

00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:54.440
 During the very first Christmas,

00:24:54.940 --> 00:24:56.400
 the Magi was very busy.

00:24:57.019 --> 00:24:57.640
 They were busy

00:24:57.640 --> 00:24:59.160
 looking for the child Jesus.

00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:01.120
 They found him

00:25:01.120 --> 00:25:02.339
 by the help of God.

00:25:02.799 --> 00:25:03.360
 Let's read

00:25:03.360 --> 00:25:04.339
 from chapter 2,

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 verse 9.

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 It said,

00:25:07.519 --> 00:25:09.259
 After they had heard

00:25:09.259 --> 00:25:09.839
 the king,

00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:11.079
 they went on their way

00:25:11.079 --> 00:25:12.119
 and the stars

00:25:12.119 --> 00:25:12.980
 they had seen

00:25:12.980 --> 00:25:14.180
 when it rose

00:25:14.180 --> 00:25:16.839
 went ahead of them

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 until it stopped

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 over the place

00:25:18.619 --> 00:25:19.700
 where the child was.

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 When they saw the star,

00:25:22.400 --> 00:25:23.420
 they were overjoyed.

00:25:24.819 --> 00:25:26.000
 On coming to the house,

00:25:26.119 --> 00:25:26.960
 they saw the child

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 with his mother Mary.

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 They bowed down

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 and worshipped him.

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 Then they opened

00:25:31.299 --> 00:25:31.980
 their treasures

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 and presented him

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 with gifts of gold,

00:25:34.539 --> 00:25:36.019
 Frankenstein's and myrrh.

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 The star sent by God

00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:42.180
 led the Magi

00:25:42.180 --> 00:25:43.319
 to the child king.

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 And when the Magi

00:25:45.319 --> 00:25:47.579
 see the newborn king

00:25:47.579 --> 00:25:48.559
 of the Jews,

00:25:48.879 --> 00:25:51.000
 they were overjoyed

00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:52.579
 and they came

00:25:52.579 --> 00:25:53.619
 fully prepared

00:25:53.619 --> 00:25:54.420
 to see him.

00:25:56.220 --> 00:25:57.079
 They were ready

00:25:57.079 --> 00:25:57.740
 to bow down

00:25:57.740 --> 00:25:58.460
 and worship him

00:25:58.460 --> 00:25:59.059
 as king,

00:25:59.619 --> 00:26:00.839
 offer up their treasure

00:26:00.839 --> 00:26:02.579
 and present Jesus

00:26:02.579 --> 00:26:03.200
 with gifts.

00:26:04.539 --> 00:26:05.819
 They treat Jesus

00:26:05.819 --> 00:26:08.500
 as their king

00:26:08.500 --> 00:26:09.000
 even though

00:26:09.000 --> 00:26:09.899
 they are not Jews.

00:26:11.220 --> 00:26:12.980
 They were well-educated

00:26:12.980 --> 00:26:14.019
 wise men

00:26:14.019 --> 00:26:15.480
 willing to travel

00:26:15.480 --> 00:26:16.579
 a long distance

00:26:16.579 --> 00:26:17.899
 to submit themselves

00:26:17.899 --> 00:26:18.920
 to the newborn king

00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:19.599
 of the Jews.

00:26:21.099 --> 00:26:21.859
 Are you ready

00:26:21.859 --> 00:26:22.740
 to face Jesus?

00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:24.639
 Are you ready

00:26:24.639 --> 00:26:25.639
 to face your king?

00:26:26.500 --> 00:26:27.519
 What gifts

00:26:27.519 --> 00:26:28.539
 have you prepared

00:26:28.539 --> 00:26:29.480
 to offer to him?

00:26:30.059 --> 00:26:30.960
 What treasure

00:26:30.960 --> 00:26:32.019
 have you bought

00:26:32.019 --> 00:26:32.460
 for him?

00:26:32.460 --> 00:26:35.680
 Have you ever

00:26:35.680 --> 00:26:36.640
 prepared something

00:26:36.640 --> 00:26:37.259
 as a gift

00:26:37.259 --> 00:26:38.539
 and to find out

00:26:38.539 --> 00:26:39.620
 that it's not suitable

00:26:39.620 --> 00:26:40.920
 or not exactly

00:26:40.920 --> 00:26:41.980
 what the other person

00:26:41.980 --> 00:26:42.759
 would like to have?

00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:44.960
 What did you do

00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:45.579
 to avoid

00:26:45.579 --> 00:26:46.360
 that embarrassment

00:26:46.360 --> 00:26:47.920
 and headache again?

00:26:49.539 --> 00:26:50.720
 I think the best way

00:26:50.720 --> 00:26:51.519
 is to get to know

00:26:51.519 --> 00:26:52.180
 the other person

00:26:52.180 --> 00:26:52.860
 very well

00:26:52.860 --> 00:26:54.100
 and even ask them

00:26:54.100 --> 00:26:54.620
 directly.

00:26:55.980 --> 00:26:56.920
 So do you know

00:26:56.920 --> 00:26:57.420
 your king?

00:26:58.240 --> 00:26:58.880
 Do you know

00:26:58.880 --> 00:26:59.740
 where to find him?

00:26:59.740 --> 00:27:03.079
 King Herod

00:27:03.079 --> 00:27:04.099
 was cruelest

00:27:04.099 --> 00:27:05.299
 of Jesus'

00:27:05.519 --> 00:27:06.000
 whereabouts

00:27:06.000 --> 00:27:06.740
 and what

00:27:06.740 --> 00:27:08.539
 did he do?

00:27:09.120 --> 00:27:09.960
 He asked someone

00:27:09.960 --> 00:27:10.680
 that should know.

00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:12.839
 If you're not sure

00:27:12.839 --> 00:27:13.740
 where to find Jesus

00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:14.799
 and who Jesus is,

00:27:15.420 --> 00:27:15.920
 the Bible

00:27:15.920 --> 00:27:16.420
 and someone

00:27:16.420 --> 00:27:17.380
 who knows the Bible

00:27:17.380 --> 00:27:18.680
 is the best place

00:27:18.680 --> 00:27:19.500
 for you to start.

00:27:20.359 --> 00:27:21.359
 So please speak

00:27:21.359 --> 00:27:21.859
 with anyone

00:27:21.859 --> 00:27:22.779
 in the red vest

00:27:22.779 --> 00:27:24.380
 or write your question

00:27:24.380 --> 00:27:24.940
 about Jesus

00:27:24.940 --> 00:27:25.559
 in the card

00:27:25.559 --> 00:27:26.319
 in front of you

00:27:26.319 --> 00:27:27.960
 and we will contact you

00:27:27.960 --> 00:27:28.439
 to help you

00:27:28.439 --> 00:27:29.139
 look for Jesus.

00:27:30.319 --> 00:27:31.359
 So in that way,

00:27:31.700 --> 00:27:32.799
 as you search for Jesus,

00:27:33.220 --> 00:27:34.279
 you'll be able to find out

00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:35.379
 what he wants from you.

00:27:35.899 --> 00:27:37.039
 So when you find him,

00:27:37.119 --> 00:27:38.179
 you're ready to bow down

00:27:38.179 --> 00:27:38.919
 and worship him

00:27:38.919 --> 00:27:39.980
 and offer up

00:27:39.980 --> 00:27:41.079
 your treasured gifts.

00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:43.579
 We should learn

00:27:43.579 --> 00:27:44.480
 from Herod

00:27:44.480 --> 00:27:45.779
 asking other to help

00:27:45.779 --> 00:27:47.579
 to learn about

00:27:47.579 --> 00:27:48.639
 where Jesus is

00:27:48.639 --> 00:27:50.079
 and what we should learn

00:27:50.079 --> 00:27:51.460
 and we also should learn

00:27:51.460 --> 00:27:52.419
 from the Magi

00:27:52.419 --> 00:27:53.899
 putting in the action

00:27:53.899 --> 00:27:55.200
 to find the real king.

00:27:55.200 --> 00:27:58.039
 Herod was given

00:27:58.039 --> 00:27:58.519
 a chance

00:27:58.519 --> 00:27:59.580
 to meet the real king

00:27:59.580 --> 00:28:00.160
 of the Jews

00:28:00.160 --> 00:28:01.360
 but instead of going

00:28:01.360 --> 00:28:02.080
 to meet him,

00:28:03.220 --> 00:28:03.880
 he sent someone

00:28:03.880 --> 00:28:04.420
 to do it.

00:28:07.759 --> 00:28:09.140
 Even the religious people

00:28:09.140 --> 00:28:09.740
 at the time

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:10.880
 who can tell Herod

00:28:10.880 --> 00:28:11.759
 where Jesus is

00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:12.480
 did not go

00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:13.220
 to meet the king

00:28:13.220 --> 00:28:15.420
 but the Magi went

00:28:15.420 --> 00:28:17.299
 and they got

00:28:17.299 --> 00:28:18.720
 to see the child king

00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:19.819
 and pay their respect

00:28:19.819 --> 00:28:20.840
 and honor

00:28:20.840 --> 00:28:22.580
 but Herod did not

00:28:22.580 --> 00:28:24.580
 because he was not

00:28:24.579 --> 00:28:25.839
 sincere and authentic

00:28:25.839 --> 00:28:26.559
 in his searching.

00:28:27.579 --> 00:28:28.480
 He said he wants

00:28:28.480 --> 00:28:29.500
 to worship Jesus

00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:30.819
 but his actions

00:28:30.819 --> 00:28:31.779
 say something else.

00:28:32.759 --> 00:28:33.480
 His mind

00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:35.019
 was preoccupied

00:28:35.019 --> 00:28:35.859
 with other things

00:28:35.859 --> 00:28:37.240
 with the worry

00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:37.839
 of losing

00:28:37.839 --> 00:28:39.159
 the control

00:28:39.159 --> 00:28:39.559
 of his

00:28:39.559 --> 00:28:40.699
 pretended kingdom.

00:28:41.419 --> 00:28:42.019
 His mind

00:28:42.019 --> 00:28:44.079
 was preoccupied

00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:44.980
 with what to do

00:28:44.980 --> 00:28:45.939
 to eliminate

00:28:45.939 --> 00:28:46.819
 any new threat

00:28:46.819 --> 00:28:47.639
 to his control.

00:28:48.439 --> 00:28:49.259
 He's not willing

00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:49.779
 to hand over

00:28:49.779 --> 00:28:50.679
 his kingship yet.

00:28:50.680 --> 00:28:53.160
 What are you not

00:28:53.160 --> 00:28:54.360
 like in terms

00:28:54.360 --> 00:28:54.960
 of holding on

00:28:54.960 --> 00:28:55.400
 to things

00:28:55.400 --> 00:28:56.100
 that you do not

00:28:56.100 --> 00:28:56.840
 want to let go?

00:28:58.400 --> 00:28:59.380
 What are you like

00:28:59.380 --> 00:29:00.600
 in terms of

00:29:00.600 --> 00:29:02.539
 being disturbed

00:29:02.539 --> 00:29:03.440
 and distracted?

00:29:04.799 --> 00:29:05.480
 How sincere

00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:06.539
 and authentic

00:29:06.539 --> 00:29:07.600
 in your worship

00:29:07.600 --> 00:29:08.160
 of Jesus

00:29:08.160 --> 00:29:09.100
 our Savior

00:29:09.100 --> 00:29:09.860
 and Messiah.

00:29:12.240 --> 00:29:13.220
 Jesus started

00:29:13.220 --> 00:29:14.039
 his ministry

00:29:14.039 --> 00:29:14.840
 in going from

00:29:14.840 --> 00:29:15.500
 town to town

00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:16.299
 to teach people

00:29:16.299 --> 00:29:17.039
 about the kingdom

00:29:17.039 --> 00:29:17.560
 of God

00:29:17.560 --> 00:29:18.259
 after he turned

00:29:18.259 --> 00:29:19.120
 30 years old.

00:29:19.119 --> 00:29:20.879
 In Luke 10

00:29:20.879 --> 00:29:22.119
 it tells us

00:29:22.119 --> 00:29:23.059
 that Martha

00:29:23.059 --> 00:29:24.059
 opened her home

00:29:24.059 --> 00:29:24.779
 to Jesus

00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:26.000
 and his disciples

00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:28.459
 to do their teaching.

00:29:29.479 --> 00:29:30.039
 As soon as

00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:31.659
 he entered the house

00:29:31.659 --> 00:29:32.839
 Martha's

00:29:32.839 --> 00:29:33.959
 sister Mary

00:29:33.959 --> 00:29:36.000
 sat at the Lord's feet

00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:36.699
 and listened

00:29:36.699 --> 00:29:38.000
 to what he had to say.

00:29:39.279 --> 00:29:40.019
 But Martha

00:29:40.019 --> 00:29:41.479
 was distracted

00:29:41.479 --> 00:29:43.639
 by all the preparation

00:29:43.639 --> 00:29:44.639
 that had to be done.

00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:46.319
 And she complained

00:29:46.319 --> 00:29:46.899
 to Jesus

00:29:46.899 --> 00:29:47.719
 and wanted Jesus

00:29:47.719 --> 00:29:48.319
 to tell her

00:29:48.319 --> 00:29:49.099
 sister Mary

00:29:49.099 --> 00:29:50.000
 to stop sitting

00:29:50.000 --> 00:29:50.839
 on her bedside

00:29:50.839 --> 00:29:51.779
 and get up

00:29:51.779 --> 00:29:52.339
 and help her.

00:29:54.039 --> 00:29:54.959
 And this is what

00:29:54.959 --> 00:29:55.819
 Jesus said to her.

00:29:57.459 --> 00:29:57.899
 Martha,

00:29:58.240 --> 00:29:58.599
 Martha,

00:29:59.379 --> 00:30:00.159
 you are worried

00:30:00.159 --> 00:30:00.819
 and upset

00:30:00.819 --> 00:30:01.959
 about many things

00:30:01.959 --> 00:30:03.279
 but few things

00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:03.759
 are needed

00:30:03.759 --> 00:30:05.199
 or indeed

00:30:05.199 --> 00:30:06.039
 only one.

00:30:07.119 --> 00:30:08.059
 Mary has chosen

00:30:08.059 --> 00:30:09.000
 what is better

00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:10.759
 and it will not

00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:11.799
 be taken away

00:30:11.799 --> 00:30:12.379
 from her.

00:30:14.359 --> 00:30:14.859
 Jesus

00:30:14.859 --> 00:30:15.500
 deserves

00:30:15.500 --> 00:30:16.919
 our full attention

00:30:16.920 --> 00:30:18.460
 and his message

00:30:18.460 --> 00:30:18.480
 and his message

00:30:18.480 --> 00:30:19.019
 is worth

00:30:19.019 --> 00:30:19.519
 for us

00:30:19.519 --> 00:30:20.200
 to drop

00:30:20.200 --> 00:30:20.720
 everything

00:30:20.720 --> 00:30:21.700
 to listen to.

00:30:22.700 --> 00:30:23.519
 He is the only

00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:24.220
 one thing

00:30:24.220 --> 00:30:24.920
 that is needed

00:30:24.920 --> 00:30:25.620
 for life.

00:30:26.660 --> 00:30:27.240
 Is that who

00:30:27.240 --> 00:30:28.240
 Jesus to you?

00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:31.480
 With all that

00:30:31.480 --> 00:30:32.340
 need to be prepared

00:30:32.340 --> 00:30:33.000
 for the first

00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:33.599
 season,

00:30:33.599 --> 00:30:34.460
 it is easy

00:30:34.460 --> 00:30:35.000
 to forget

00:30:35.000 --> 00:30:35.460
 the most

00:30:35.460 --> 00:30:36.420
 important things.

00:30:37.599 --> 00:30:38.559
 The only one

00:30:38.559 --> 00:30:39.099
 thing that is

00:30:39.099 --> 00:30:39.339
 needed

00:30:39.339 --> 00:30:39.980
 is to be

00:30:39.980 --> 00:30:40.460
 at Jesus'

00:30:40.680 --> 00:30:40.880
 feet.

00:30:42.019 --> 00:30:42.539
 The best

00:30:42.539 --> 00:30:43.140
 gift you can

00:30:43.140 --> 00:30:43.720
 get for your

00:30:43.720 --> 00:30:44.440
 family and

00:30:44.440 --> 00:30:44.779
 friend

00:30:44.779 --> 00:30:45.579
 is to tell

00:30:45.579 --> 00:30:46.059
 them about

00:30:46.059 --> 00:30:46.420
 Jesus.

00:30:48.380 --> 00:30:48.900
 However,

00:30:49.079 --> 00:30:49.640
 with the demand

00:30:49.640 --> 00:30:50.519
 of life on us

00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:51.160
 from family

00:30:51.160 --> 00:30:51.680
 and work,

00:30:52.220 --> 00:30:52.859
 we are often

00:30:52.859 --> 00:30:53.940
 worried and upset

00:30:53.940 --> 00:30:54.980
 about many things.

00:30:56.160 --> 00:30:56.700
 Do you feel

00:30:56.700 --> 00:30:57.200
 like being

00:30:57.200 --> 00:30:58.160
 snowed under

00:30:58.160 --> 00:30:58.900
 all the time?

00:30:58.900 --> 00:31:01.180
 Don't be

00:31:01.180 --> 00:31:01.880
 like Martha

00:31:01.880 --> 00:31:03.860
 who gets

00:31:03.860 --> 00:31:04.440
 worried and

00:31:04.440 --> 00:31:04.940
 upset about

00:31:04.940 --> 00:31:05.740
 many things.

00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:07.240
 Be like

00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:07.680
 Mary

00:31:07.680 --> 00:31:09.180
 who chooses

00:31:09.180 --> 00:31:09.620
 to be at

00:31:09.620 --> 00:31:09.960
 the feet

00:31:09.960 --> 00:31:10.460
 of Jesus

00:31:10.460 --> 00:31:11.720
 to hear

00:31:11.720 --> 00:31:12.100
 what he

00:31:12.100 --> 00:31:12.780
 has to say.

00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:14.680
 Jesus'

00:31:14.860 --> 00:31:15.340
 teaching is

00:31:15.340 --> 00:31:15.560
 the only

00:31:15.560 --> 00:31:16.100
 one thing

00:31:16.100 --> 00:31:16.460
 that is

00:31:16.460 --> 00:31:16.759
 needed.

00:31:18.280 --> 00:31:18.780
 Jesus is

00:31:18.780 --> 00:31:19.060
 the only

00:31:19.060 --> 00:31:20.120
 one who

00:31:20.120 --> 00:31:20.580
 born to

00:31:20.580 --> 00:31:21.000
 save.

00:31:21.700 --> 00:31:22.160
 The newborn

00:31:22.160 --> 00:31:22.880
 king comes

00:31:22.880 --> 00:31:23.560
 to be ruler

00:31:23.560 --> 00:31:24.560
 who shepherds

00:31:24.560 --> 00:31:25.180
 God's people.

00:31:26.320 --> 00:31:26.880
 If you are

00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:27.580
 God's people,

00:31:27.579 --> 00:31:28.899
 Jesus is

00:31:28.899 --> 00:31:29.460
 your shepherd

00:31:29.460 --> 00:31:30.419
 and he

00:31:30.419 --> 00:31:30.799
 will lead

00:31:30.799 --> 00:31:31.220
 you to

00:31:31.220 --> 00:31:31.579
 the right

00:31:31.579 --> 00:31:32.099
 place to

00:31:32.099 --> 00:31:32.439
 meet your

00:31:32.439 --> 00:31:32.759
 needs.

00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:34.319
 Do you

00:31:34.319 --> 00:31:34.960
 believe that

00:31:34.960 --> 00:31:35.259
 he will

00:31:35.259 --> 00:31:35.720
 look after

00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:36.839
 you much

00:31:36.839 --> 00:31:37.720
 better than

00:31:37.720 --> 00:31:38.019
 what you

00:31:38.019 --> 00:31:38.379
 try to

00:31:38.379 --> 00:31:38.779
 plan to

00:31:38.779 --> 00:31:39.039
 do?

00:31:40.199 --> 00:31:40.799
 If you

00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:41.339
 believe he

00:31:41.339 --> 00:31:41.639
 will,

00:31:42.460 --> 00:31:43.159
 follow him.

00:31:44.079 --> 00:31:44.379
 Don't

00:31:44.379 --> 00:31:44.960
 wander around

00:31:44.960 --> 00:31:45.319
 like a

00:31:45.319 --> 00:31:45.599
 sheep.

00:31:46.359 --> 00:31:46.619
 Don't

00:31:46.619 --> 00:31:47.079
 just follow

00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:47.559
 the herd.

00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:48.919
 Make sure

00:31:48.919 --> 00:31:49.119
 you are

00:31:49.119 --> 00:31:49.639
 following the

00:31:49.639 --> 00:31:49.980
 shepherd.

00:31:50.619 --> 00:31:51.039
 Listen to

00:31:51.039 --> 00:31:51.500
 his voice

00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:51.899
 from the

00:31:51.899 --> 00:31:52.579
 Bible and

00:31:52.579 --> 00:31:52.859
 you will

00:31:52.859 --> 00:31:53.480
 not go

00:31:53.480 --> 00:31:53.939
 astray.

00:31:56.439 --> 00:31:57.039
 If you

00:31:57.039 --> 00:31:57.359
 have been

00:31:57.359 --> 00:31:57.799
 a regular

00:31:57.799 --> 00:31:58.319
 member of

00:31:58.319 --> 00:31:58.500
 St.

00:31:58.559 --> 00:31:59.019
 Paul's,

00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:01.299
 what time

00:32:01.299 --> 00:32:01.599
 did you

00:32:01.599 --> 00:32:01.920
 get here

00:32:01.920 --> 00:32:02.240
 today?

00:32:04.399 --> 00:32:05.000
 Have you

00:32:05.000 --> 00:32:05.420
 signed up

00:32:05.420 --> 00:32:05.819
 to join

00:32:05.819 --> 00:32:06.319
 a community

00:32:06.319 --> 00:32:06.700
 group?

00:32:07.359 --> 00:32:07.720
 And what

00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:08.359
 time did

00:32:08.359 --> 00:32:09.259
 you arrive

00:32:09.259 --> 00:32:09.539
 in the

00:32:09.539 --> 00:32:09.920
 last group

00:32:09.920 --> 00:32:10.240
 meeting?

00:32:12.119 --> 00:32:12.779
 Why are

00:32:12.779 --> 00:32:13.220
 you here?

00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:14.559
 Why are

00:32:14.559 --> 00:32:15.799
 you here

00:32:15.799 --> 00:32:16.619
 just to

00:32:16.619 --> 00:32:17.220
 clock in,

00:32:17.819 --> 00:32:18.200
 to make

00:32:18.200 --> 00:32:18.799
 yourself feel

00:32:18.799 --> 00:32:19.259
 good about

00:32:19.259 --> 00:32:19.759
 yourself,

00:32:20.339 --> 00:32:21.019
 to take

00:32:21.019 --> 00:32:21.440
 off what

00:32:21.440 --> 00:32:21.839
 you think

00:32:21.839 --> 00:32:22.240
 is the

00:32:22.240 --> 00:32:22.899
 requirement of

00:32:22.899 --> 00:32:23.200
 being a

00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:23.480
 Christian?

00:32:23.480 --> 00:32:25.500
 Are you

00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:26.440
 here to

00:32:26.440 --> 00:32:27.380
 truly treasure

00:32:27.380 --> 00:32:28.319
 Jesus together

00:32:28.319 --> 00:32:29.660
 with us in

00:32:29.660 --> 00:32:30.279
 bringing glory

00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:31.480
 to God and

00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:31.940
 joy to

00:32:31.940 --> 00:32:32.420
 others?

00:32:33.319 --> 00:32:33.960
 Is Jesus

00:32:33.960 --> 00:32:34.700
 truly your

00:32:34.700 --> 00:32:34.960
 King?

00:32:36.279 --> 00:32:37.440
 What effort

00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:38.420
 are you making

00:32:38.420 --> 00:32:38.960
 to be on

00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:39.460
 time at

00:32:39.460 --> 00:32:40.940
 church and

00:32:40.940 --> 00:32:41.559
 your gathering

00:32:41.559 --> 00:32:41.860
 with your

00:32:41.860 --> 00:32:42.299
 brothers and

00:32:42.299 --> 00:32:42.599
 sisters?

00:32:43.319 --> 00:32:43.700
 What

00:32:43.700 --> 00:32:44.180
 arrangement

00:32:44.180 --> 00:32:44.539
 have you

00:32:44.539 --> 00:32:45.180
 made so

00:32:45.180 --> 00:32:45.500
 that you

00:32:45.500 --> 00:32:46.180
 can stay

00:32:46.180 --> 00:32:47.160
 behind to

00:32:47.160 --> 00:32:47.819
 fellowship and

00:32:47.819 --> 00:32:48.360
 be part of

00:32:48.360 --> 00:32:49.059
 God's family

00:32:49.059 --> 00:32:49.700
 on Sunday?

00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:51.599
 Are you

00:32:51.599 --> 00:32:52.319
 always arriving

00:32:52.319 --> 00:32:53.220
 after the

00:32:53.220 --> 00:32:53.899
 singing worship

00:32:53.899 --> 00:32:55.220
 finished or

00:32:55.220 --> 00:32:56.000
 rushing off to

00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:56.700
 your lunchtime

00:32:56.700 --> 00:32:57.899
 appointment with

00:32:57.899 --> 00:32:58.399
 your friends?

00:33:00.179 --> 00:33:00.759
 Are you

00:33:00.759 --> 00:33:01.359
 here today to

00:33:01.359 --> 00:33:02.000
 worship Jesus?

00:33:02.960 --> 00:33:03.319
 Do you

00:33:03.319 --> 00:33:04.000
 worship Jesus

00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:05.200
 and getting to

00:33:05.200 --> 00:33:05.799
 know him more

00:33:05.799 --> 00:33:06.319
 and more every

00:33:06.319 --> 00:33:06.839
 day of the

00:33:06.839 --> 00:33:07.099
 week?

00:33:08.299 --> 00:33:08.799
 In your

00:33:08.799 --> 00:33:09.240
 day-to-day

00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:10.240
 life, is

00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:10.819
 Jesus the

00:33:10.819 --> 00:33:11.519
 true king of

00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:12.059
 your life?

00:33:13.339 --> 00:33:13.759
 Or does

00:33:13.759 --> 00:33:14.359
 your day-to-day

00:33:14.359 --> 00:33:15.299
 life show that

00:33:15.299 --> 00:33:16.079
 you have rejected

00:33:16.079 --> 00:33:17.059
 him and even

00:33:17.059 --> 00:33:17.700
 tried to kill

00:33:17.700 --> 00:33:18.960
 him because he

00:33:18.960 --> 00:33:19.559
 is threatening

00:33:19.559 --> 00:33:20.460
 the kingship and

00:33:20.460 --> 00:33:21.179
 control of your

00:33:21.179 --> 00:33:21.519
 life?

00:33:22.319 --> 00:33:23.659
 Have you

00:33:23.659 --> 00:33:24.139
 welcomed the

00:33:24.139 --> 00:33:24.839
 newborn king

00:33:24.839 --> 00:33:26.299
 with joy like

00:33:26.299 --> 00:33:26.899
 the Magi?

00:33:27.679 --> 00:33:28.179
 Or are you

00:33:28.179 --> 00:33:28.879
 protecting the

00:33:28.879 --> 00:33:29.539
 lordship of

00:33:29.539 --> 00:33:30.799
 your life in

00:33:30.799 --> 00:33:31.159
 your own

00:33:31.159 --> 00:33:32.500
 palace like

00:33:32.500 --> 00:33:33.059
 King Herod?

00:33:34.960 --> 00:33:36.099
 How far

00:33:36.099 --> 00:33:36.519
 would you

00:33:36.519 --> 00:33:37.460
 go to ensure

00:33:37.460 --> 00:33:38.200
 your career

00:33:38.200 --> 00:33:39.319
 goes according

00:33:39.319 --> 00:33:40.019
 to your plan?

00:33:40.700 --> 00:33:41.240
 How far

00:33:41.240 --> 00:33:41.559
 would you

00:33:41.559 --> 00:33:42.399
 go to ensure

00:33:42.399 --> 00:33:43.220
 you get what

00:33:43.220 --> 00:33:44.159
 you want for

00:33:44.159 --> 00:33:44.919
 your life and

00:33:44.919 --> 00:33:45.519
 your family?

00:33:47.200 --> 00:33:48.000
 Do you

00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:48.779
 truly believe

00:33:48.779 --> 00:33:49.419
 Jesus will

00:33:49.419 --> 00:33:49.899
 look after

00:33:49.899 --> 00:33:50.559
 you because

00:33:50.559 --> 00:33:51.220
 he is your

00:33:51.220 --> 00:33:51.519
 shepherd?

00:33:52.319 --> 00:33:54.939
 A writer and

00:33:54.939 --> 00:33:55.500
 theologian

00:33:55.500 --> 00:33:56.240
 Kim Keller

00:33:56.240 --> 00:33:57.319
 said there

00:33:57.319 --> 00:33:57.819
 is a little

00:33:57.819 --> 00:33:58.439
 herod in

00:33:58.439 --> 00:33:59.019
 all of us.

00:34:00.179 --> 00:34:00.980
 We are in

00:34:00.980 --> 00:34:01.720
 many ways just

00:34:01.720 --> 00:34:03.240
 like Herod when

00:34:03.240 --> 00:34:03.899
 we feel that the

00:34:03.899 --> 00:34:04.519
 control of our

00:34:04.519 --> 00:34:05.159
 life is being

00:34:05.159 --> 00:34:06.539
 threatened by

00:34:06.539 --> 00:34:07.259
 any outside

00:34:07.259 --> 00:34:07.679
 force.

00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:09.319
 We will do

00:34:09.319 --> 00:34:09.819
 whatever we

00:34:09.819 --> 00:34:10.500
 can to hold

00:34:10.500 --> 00:34:11.199
 on to that

00:34:11.199 --> 00:34:12.380
 control and

00:34:12.380 --> 00:34:12.759
 we are not

00:34:12.759 --> 00:34:13.400
 willing to let

00:34:13.400 --> 00:34:14.019
 someone else

00:34:14.019 --> 00:34:14.539
 to be king

00:34:14.539 --> 00:34:15.279
 of our life.

00:34:16.779 --> 00:34:17.779
 Is Jesus the

00:34:17.779 --> 00:34:18.719
 Messiah, the

00:34:18.719 --> 00:34:19.340
 king of your

00:34:19.340 --> 00:34:19.739
 life?

00:34:19.739 --> 00:34:20.619
 Are you

00:34:20.619 --> 00:34:21.199
 ready to

00:34:21.199 --> 00:34:21.679
 see your

00:34:21.679 --> 00:34:22.479
 Savior Christ?

00:34:23.559 --> 00:34:24.319
 Or are you

00:34:24.319 --> 00:34:25.039
 too busy and

00:34:25.039 --> 00:34:26.779
 distracted, worried

00:34:26.779 --> 00:34:28.000
 and upset about

00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:28.759
 many things?

00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:30.879
 Just as Jesus

00:34:30.879 --> 00:34:31.679
 said to Martha,

00:34:32.139 --> 00:34:32.699
 the only one

00:34:32.699 --> 00:34:33.159
 thing that is

00:34:33.159 --> 00:34:34.139
 needed, the

00:34:34.139 --> 00:34:34.859
 thing that once

00:34:34.859 --> 00:34:35.739
 we have chosen

00:34:35.739 --> 00:34:36.459
 will not be

00:34:36.459 --> 00:34:37.359
 taken from us,

00:34:37.859 --> 00:34:38.579
 is sitting at

00:34:38.579 --> 00:34:39.919
 Jesus' feet with

00:34:39.919 --> 00:34:41.459
 attentive ears and

00:34:41.459 --> 00:34:42.019
 listen to the

00:34:42.019 --> 00:34:42.799
 fulfillments and

00:34:42.799 --> 00:34:44.559
 wonders that he

00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:45.519
 unfolds by his

00:34:45.519 --> 00:34:45.899
 life.

00:34:45.900 --> 00:34:48.480
 He's

00:34:48.480 --> 00:34:48.980
uta

00:34:49.139 --> 00:34:49.380
 to

00:34:49.380 --> 00:34:50.480
 mouth

00:34:50.480 --> 00:34:50.880
 to

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00:34:55.760 --> 00:34:57.160
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00:34:57.160 --> 00:34:57.340
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00:34:57.340 --> 00:34:57.780
 in

00:34:57.780 --> 00:34:59.260
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00:34:59.460 --> 00:35:00.320
 have

00:35:02.360 --> 00:35:03.320
 earned

00:35:03.320 --> 00:35:03.380
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00:35:03.380 --> 00:35:04.460
 daughter

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00:35:08.539 --> 00:35:09.400
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00:35:09.400 --> 00:35:09.619
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00:35:09.619 --> 00:35:10.519
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00:35:10.519 --> 00:35:10.820
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00:35:10.840 --> 00:35:12.440
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00:35:12.440 --> 00:35:12.800
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00:35:12.800 --> 00:35:13.680
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00:35:13.680 --> 00:35:13.740
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00:35:13.740 --> 00:35:14.480
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00:35:14.480 --> 00:35:14.539
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